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Luis Russell & His Orchestra
Luis Russell (6 August 1902 - 11 December 1963) was a jazz pianist and bandleader . Luis Carl Russell was born on Careening Cay, near Bocas del Toro, Panama, in a family of Afro-Caribbean ancestry. His father was a music teacher, and young Luis learned to play violin, guitar, trombone, and piano. He began playing professionally accompanying silent film by 1917, then played at a casino in the city of Colón, Panama. In 1919 he won 3000 United States dollars in a lottery, and used it to move to the United States with his mother and sister, settling in New Orleans, Louisiana. He began p… read more
Luis Russell (6 August 1902 - 11 December 1963) was a jazz pianist and bandleader . Luis Carl Russell was born on Careening Cay, near Bocas del Toro, Panama, in a family of Afro-Caribbean a… read more
Luis Russell (6 August 1902 - 11 December 1963) was a jazz pianist and bandleader . Luis Carl Russell was born on Careening Cay, near Bocas del Toro, Panama, in a family of Afro-Caribbean ancestry. His father was a music teacher, and y… read more